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CQO Movement Case Studies

AHRMM has worked with several healthcare supply chain teams to develop case studies highlighting how their organizations have embraced the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) Movement. Read the case studies to learn how other supply chain professionals work at the intersection of CQO to reduce costs while improving patient care and driving greater financial outcomes for their organizations.

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When the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology issued a final rule that required the integration of UDIs into electronic health records (EHRs) for compliance with Meaningful Use 3 requirements, the Eskenazi Health team quickly started a project to determine how they could leverage their existing data standards work to meet the ONC’s deadlines.

In 2015, during implementation of their Epic EHR system, the team decided its ERP supply database would be the sole source of truth for product related information, including UDIs, units of measure (UOM), and pricing. At that point, they began developing the required infrastructure to use barcode scanning to capture product UDIs at the point of use in minimally invasive procedural (MIPS) areas.

Read how FMOLHS has been working to leverage UDI barcodes and system integration for the automation of product data capture in the electronic health record (EHR). Through this work, they hope to increase the accuracy and completeness of product data in patients’ medical records, and improve workflow efficiency so that clinicians can spend less time on product documentation and more time on patient care.

Learn how Intermountain Healthcare’s population health initiative is helping people in the community stay heart healthy, while improving cost, quality, and outcomes for patients with existing heart conditions.

Ochsner Health System’s supply chain team has partnered with the health system’s Workforce Development Team – and the City of New Orleans – to teach individuals the required life skills, soft skills, and job readiness skills needed to succeed.

Learn how Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) created the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (CPESN), an innovative program where primary care physicians and community pharmacists work together to improve the care of patients in their community.